STABLS teachers

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I couldn't get this website to open... I tried using Internet Explorer and Safari.

Easy online program to download YouTube videos.

Don't need to purchase. Put the url from YouTube in the download box at top, click download. Down a little bit you will see a thumbnail of the video you want appear. Click on MP4 and it will download for you to your download folder. I will try and highlight these spots on the article - hopefully you will be able to view my highlights!

Thanks, Michele. I tried your instructions and it did work!! But, the website is quite confusing. I ended up downloading the software (twice. duh.) before I figured out how to actually download the video I wanted. And, when I first tried the download I got the message that the download was blocked by the website the video was on (NPR) -- I found the same video on youtube and downloaded it with KeepVid. So, give yourself some time to play with this before you intend to use it!

I am so glad that Dewey is being recognized ..... If you want some fun inspiration for pbl read Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet. I use it as a read aloud and Incorporate many of it's ideas into the year.... I use painting The Geographer to begin our study of Virginia geography, each child has a set of pentominoes to explore and I use one of the settings, the tree house, as a basis for a pbl in math. I even have my grad students read this book. The sequels are just as inspiring.

Fun vocabulary site created by Dictionary.com. You can enter your own word lists in, or choose by grade level & topic.

This has links to ISTE's monthly magazine Learning & Leading. Great resource!

Youtube videos about ST Math.

Mind Leap makes sure that parents and educators know which apps are educational and which aren't, which keep kids engaged and which bore them to tears. And, we encourage developers to build great stuff that turns kids on to learning.

I checked out this site, especially to explore the book on tape they recommended, but "pamplemousse" wasa a bit too far out for my liking. I wasn't convinced it was good literature.

I found a good app that I can use with my third graders using Mind Leap. Appreciated the review.

Responsive Classroom article on Peaceful Playgrounds

This collection of ready-to-use graphic organizers will help children classify ideas and communicate more effectively.

APPitic is a directory of apps for education by Apple Distinguished Educators (ADEs) to help you transform teaching and learning. These apps have been tested in a variety of different grade levels, instructional strategies and classroom settings.

Many great websites. Click on category on left.

Andrew shared this interesting article. It doesn't need to be about play vs. learning. It's learning through play-like activities. When children work in groups to explore math concepts, they're also developing social interaction and communication skills. It's a win-win situation. I have certainly seen this in our Kindergarten classrooms.

You are right on Lisa. There really should be no debate concerning academic skills vs. Social/emotional learning in the early childhood classroom setting. They both affect each other and should go hand in hand. I feel we do this well at STAB. I found it interesting that Duncan's research discovered math stood out as serving students the best in promoting later achievement with reading a close second.

So true! We learn best when it is fun and engaging!

Here is Howard Gardner on the 5 new minds: 1 Disciplined, 2 Synthesizing, 3 Creative, 4 Respectful and 5 Ethical John